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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education"
description: "Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "West Virginia SB 159 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf6f4ce-1ca8-4e27-8a87-87a19c48f31d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=159&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1735593901355df02d1f4a26225e3130df2a54625d6703373dabbe66dd4da1d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 159 (2024) — Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb159%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=159)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb159%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=159)
3. **sb159 hfa fast 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb159%20hfa%20fast%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
- HFA HANSEN 3-7 #1**1379** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Weld — primary (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 18) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Do pass
- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 602) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 651) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 481)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cf6f4ce-1ca8-4e27-8a87-87a19c48f31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).